David Cox: career timeline

British · 1783–1859 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 5 of 17 lots (31% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

David Cox: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1820s	1	1	$256Sign up	Watercolor
1830s	1	1	$174Sign up	Watercolor
1840s	3	3	$1.3kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1820s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $256Sign up
Average: $256Sign up
Typical size: 5 × 7.5 in (13 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Boats (1)

1828 Coastal Scene with Figures and Sailing Vessel$256Sign up

1830s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $174Sign up
Average: $174Sign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 9 in (16 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1)

1832 A view of a river below a castle$174Sign up

1840s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 21 in (33 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1845 Chapel near Betws-y-Coed$301Sign up
1845 Faded inscription on frame, label verso$1.3kSign up
1848 Watering the Herd, North Wales$2.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

11 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 11 in (27 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 Untitled$2kSign up
sold 2007 A View of Windsor Castle$204Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $180Sign up
Average: $261Sign up
Typical size: 8 × 11.5 in (20 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2015 Barnard Castle$180Sign up
sold 2019 A Woodland Ambush. No signature apparentUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2019 Hussars on a Mountain Pass$550Sign up
sold 2019 Figure before a Cottage in a Landscape$52Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $389Sign up
Average: $309Sign up
Typical size: 5.5 × 6 in (14 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (5)
Subjects: Boats (1), Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2020 Untitled$407Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled$594Sign up
sold 2026 Sailing vessels in a stiff breeze$120Sign up
sold 2026 A wooded landscape with figures and cattle, a view of Bolsover Castle beyond$389Sign up
sold 2026 Near Swanscombe, Kent$34Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All David Cox auction results →